[TQ 5470 6665] ROMAN VILLA [R] Found AD 1925 [NAT] (1) [Centred TQ 5469 6664] Roman building found during building operations; houses no 36, 37, 38 Oliver Crescent now occupy the site (a). Partial excavation by Dartford Antiquarian Society, 1925, revealed a bath (with one side slightly curved, measuring 4.5 feet x 3 feet 8.5 inches, with tiled floor, plaster walls and quarter-round moulding), two rooms, and part of a corridor. The bath was filled with concrete but part of the corridor walls were removed and re-erected in Central Park, Dartford [at TQ 543 736] (b). Among the finds were a piece of Samian and three coins, two of which are of the late C3rd (a)also a denarius of Julia Domna wife of Severus (193-211 AD) (d). This building must almost certainly be connected with the villa nearby excavated 1948 (c) [TQ 57 NW 15]. Site completely covered by houses and gardens. Re-sited on AM from plan, authy 2a. Finds on display in Dartford Museum. (2)

In 2010 Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out a watching brief to the rear of No. 36 Oliver Crescent. The walls of the bath house corridor were found. (10)

<1> OS 6" 1932 (OS Card Reference). SKE48331.

<2> Trans Dartford and District Ant Soc No 1 1931 67-73 plans excavation report (S Priest) (OS Card Reference). SKE50637.

<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 113-114 (R E M Wheeler) (OS Card Reference). SKE50998.

<4> A L F Rivet AAO 13 2 53 (OS Card Reference). SKE32822.

<5> Corr 6" (G W Meates FSA) (OS Card Reference). SKE39270.

<6> J Roman Stud 15 1925 245 (M V Taylor and R G Collingwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE44812.

<7> J Roman Stud 18 1928 208 (M V Taylor and R G Collingwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE44813.

<8> F1 CFW 12-JUL-60 (OS Card Reference). SKE42548.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 14 - July, 1960 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2908.

<10> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2013, An archaeological watching brief at 36 Oliver Crescent, Farningham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE25972.